Noach
- 5784, Bereshit, Captives, Collective, Evaporation, Flood, Freedom, Genesis, Israel, Noach, Noah, Palestine, Parsha, Peace, Prayer, Shalom, Wholeness
Waiting for Evaporation
There are times that feel like a deluge – of information, emotions, tasks, and other things over which we cannot control. I found some encouragement in this current flood of pain, loss, confusion,…
- 5783, Creativity, Flood, Growth, Noach, Parsha, Rain, Rainbow, Reflection, Relationship, Rest, Shabbat, Trust, Water
Re-creation
Water is creative…and water is destructive…and water is mundane…and water is ferocious…and sometimes scarce…this list could go on forever. Last week (yes, I’m a week behind in parshiyot but pushing myself to write…
- 5781, Ark, Bible, Canon, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Creativity, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Interpretation, Kabbalah, Midrash, Noach, Parsha, The Met, Yiddish
Drowning in Interpretation
We’re only on the second week of 5781’s Torah reading cycle, reading no more than six chapters a week. This is a reminder that the Bible, whatever form this takes for you (39…
- 5780, Ark, Babel, Bereshit, Confusion, Covenant, Destruction, Dissertation Diary, Flood, Genesis, Loss, Noach, Parsha, Promises, Rainbow, Rashi, Ruin, Sforno
Promises, Promises…
So the first “promise” of the Torah depends on the weather – really? In the realm of G!d’s power to respond to the world, rain was the retribution of choice. Without delving into…
- 5779, Babel, Comprehensive Exams, Confusion, Hebrew School, Komps Kaos, Languages, Noach, Parsha, Torah
Drowning
I don’t have much for you this week, either, I’m afraid – so instead I’ll offer you a report of our Hebrew school lesson last week. Since the students talked about Noah Sunday…
- Babel, Bereshit, Confusion, Covenant, Current Events, Election, Flood, Genealogy, Generations, Noach, Parsha, Questions, Rain, Rainbow, Septuagint, Stories, Voting
Floods, Confusion, & Elections
Welcome to the tensest weekend of 2016 – thanks to the upcoming election (in which over 31 million people have early voted). I think the parsha for the U.S. diaspora must be feelin’…
- Altar, Ark, Curse, Descendants, Destruction, Flood, Generations, Haftorah, Lawlessness, Noach, Parsha, Rain, Righteous, Sages, Strange, Yiddish
The Rains Came Down and the Floods Came Up
Some stories are so familiar that we can recite them with our eyes closed. Last week (Bereshit) was like that. So is this week. And this trend will likely continue as we read…